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NEUROMASTS
Definition of NEUROMASTS
noun
plural of neuromast
noun
A cluster of ciliated and other neural cells that serves as a simple sensory organ in some fish and amphibians.
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Word DNA
NEUROMASTS inherits its ancestry from its root, NEUROMAST.
How it is built
Same root, NEUROMAST · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NEUROMASTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEUROMASTS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEMNORSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start NEUROM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NEUROMASTS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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